Our "Seams Like Sisters" Quilting Bee holds a special event each year - which we unveil in December.

For 2012 our special event involved a yard of fabric placed in a brown sack. We shuffled the sacks around and took one home. Using that yard of fabric we were supposed to make a quilt top. At the 2012 Christmas party the yard of fabric (and it's companion quilt top) would be returned to the proper owner.

Some of us had trouble remember what fabric was put in the sack last January!!

But, in the end, each of the Sewing Sisters ended up with a quilt top. Here is a quick glance of the quilt tops - those with pictures!

I think there may have been more quilt tops - but these are the pictures I have.

What an amazing story of creativity!! Great job, my Sisters!

I will show the quilt top I made in a post tomorrow. The leaves on my crape myrtle turned the most amazing color one day (and dropped all the leaves the next day!) and provided the best opportunity to photograph the quilt I made. Check back tomorrow!

Friday, December 28, 2012

For the last two years, our "Seams Like Sisters" Quilting Bee holds a special event each year - which we unveil in December. You may remember that, for Christmas 2011, we each made blocks for our Sisters in the color(s) they desired. This resulted in a number of quilts that were unveiled THIS Christmas.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

(Sigh)
Finish is a relative term - I have decided to be satisfied with PROGRESS. Little steps towards Finishing will just make me happy.

I finished three more paper pieced people for my 1999 (or earlier) sampler quilt.
This is a 12" block.

And I started sewing the I Spy hexagons together with the yellow equilateral triangles.

And - Christmas is coming!!

We had a Ladies' Christmas Tea at church last night.

I decorated one of the tables with our Peanuts

(Charlie Brown, Snoopy & Company) decorations.

It just makes me smile.

I love it when Linus says -

"And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this [shall be] a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

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Wife, Mother of four, Semi-Retired Home Schooler, Homemaker and Quilter. My daughter said I should say I am an amazing cook. My son told me I am a good math teacher. Makes sense: cooking, math, and quilting go together so well! I hope to share creative ideas and projects I've saved up for years and years. I also hope to finish some projects....